There’s more than one
way into a family story.
A short-form genealogy education series—and a practical companion for the research that comes after the video.
Curiosity needs a next step.
You’ve tried the names. Changed the spelling. Run the same search again. Sometimes progress starts with a different question: who would have created the record, and where would it be now?
THE BRICK WALL PROTOCOL explores the places beyond the familiar search box: county courthouses, archives, libraries, community collections and the records they preserve.
“Stop searching the same place.”
The YouTube Shorts introduce a direction. This library turns each topic into a research session, with steps, questions, useful links and a checklist to keep you moving.
The approach
Start with a focused question. Look for original records. Keep the context. Test a promising clue against other evidence. Document what you searched—even when you found nothing.
A growing collection
The first 13 guides explore repositories and record types. Future topics will reach into AI for genealogy, research with kids, preservation, family recipes and cookbooks, and Facebook genealogy communities.
About the companion guides
These are sample expansions of the channel’s topics, not transcripts or claims about a specific video. The guides focus on U.S. family history; records and access practices vary by place and period.